Whip-socket.



J; B. HOSTEDLER.

WHIP SOOKET APPLICATION FILED 0OT.12, 1910.

Patented Feb. 17, 1914.

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH CV0" WASHINGTON. D. E.

JOSIAH B. HOSTEDLER, OF-EGLON, WEST VIRGINIA.

WHIP-SOCKET.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JoSIAI-I B. Hosrnnnnn, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Eglon, in the county of Preston, State of WestVirginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWhip-Sockets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in whip sockets more particularlyto a device of this character in which the whip may be locked in itssocket and my object is to provide a construction which will accomplishthis result in a simple and eflicient manner.

A further object is to provide means whereby the device may be adaptedfor use with the conventional form of whip without altering in anymanner the construction thereof.

A still further object is to provide means for rendering the socketsecuring parts inaccessible when the whip is in place.

It will also be understood that a primary object which governs to someextent every other consideration is to simplify the construction of thedevice to a point which will reduce its cost within reasonable limits.

\Vith the above and other objects in view this invention consists in theconstruction combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter describedand illustrated in the accompanying drawings which form a part of thisapplication.

In the drawings Figure 1 is an elevation of the socket proper showingalso clamps for securing the same to the dash-board of the vehicle, Fig.2 is an elevation of a locking sleeve shown attached to the shank of awhip, Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of the device as a whole showingthe relations of the various parts, and Fig. a is a cross-section takenon the line 1-d of Fig. 1 and intended to illustrate more particularlythe dash board clamps and means of securing the same to the socket.

Referring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designatecorresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 represents the bodyof the socket which is of conventional form and preferably provided witha bead 2 at the top. Adjacent the lower extremity of the socket is anoffset casing 3 which serves as a housing for a bolt Specification ofLetters Patent.

Application filed October 12, 1910.

Patented Feb. 17, 1914.

Serial No. 586,696.

4 and the usual or any preferred form of locking mechanism 5. A key hole6 is formed in the front face of the casing and in the dividing wallbetween the casing and socket an aperture 7 serves to permit the passageof the locking bolt 4 when actuated by a key inserted in the hole. Asshown the bolt 4 is provided with a cam or curved face with which aspring 8 coacts to retain the bolt in operative position.

9 designates the shank or handle of a whip stock which is of the usualcylindrical form, and in order to adapt this shank to the locking memberof the socket a sleeve 10 is provided. This sleeve is preferably in theform of a sheet metal cylinder slotted for the greater part of itslength, as shown at 11, in order to make it adaptable for whips of sizesvarying within reasonable limits. The lower part of the sleeve isformedwith a struck-up annular portion 12, the shoulder formed therebyserving as a sup-port for the base of the whip, as shown in Fig. 3. Thisrecess is so positioned with respect to the bottom of the sleeve thatwhen the sleeve rests in the socket the recess will be in operativerelation with the locking bolt 4. The sleeve is intended to bepermanently attached to the handle of the whip by means of rivets orscrews 12 and as said sleeve forms in effect the handle itself, it ispreferred that it should be made of aluminum, nickel, or othernon-oxidizing metal.

In order to secure the whip socket to the dash of the vehicle which isdesignated by 13, I provide a pair of return-bent resilient clampingmembers 14: which are preferably of sheet metal with thickenedextremities 15 having alining tapped holes therein. These clamps areadapted to pass around the vertical edge of the dash with their centerlines in approximately horizontal position. The socket is fastened tothese clamps and to the dash by means of screws 16 passing through acounter-sunk opening 17 in the back wall of the socket and threaded intothe tapped holes of the clamping member.

In order that the head of the screw may be reached by a tool forapplying or removing the same, holes 18 are formed in the other wall ofthe cylinder diametrically opposite the heads of the screws, and it willbe seen that a screw driver may be readily introduced through theopenings to reach the screw head. It will further be seen however thatwhen the whip is in place in the socket there is no possible method ofde taching the socket from the dash short of absolute destruction ofsome portion of the device.

I am aware that it is old to provide looking whip sockets of thisgeneral description but I am not aware of any previous use of theparticular form of locking sleeve I have employed nor the method ofsecuring the socket as a whole against theft.

hat I claim is In combination with a tubular socket of a locking boltcarried by the socket, a sleeve having a slot formed in one side for amajor portion of its length to permit said sleeve Copies of this patentmay be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner ofPatents,

Washington, D. G.

